Besides the artistic structures erected for the Beijing Olympics, modern Asian architecture doesn't get much time in the limelight -- but these marvels are not worth missing. This cluster highlights some of the most innovative modern Asian architecture from major cities including Taipei and Tokyo. The architectural designs range from grandiose and tall skyscrapers to artistic and zen-like performing arts centers.
Implications - The globalization of pop culture has enabled international design to be disseminated and enjoyed by design fans around the world. These designs highlight Asian architecture in all its iterations, from traditional designs to avant-garde skyscrapers. Creative professionals can take advantage of this opportunity by observing Asian countries' blend of contemporary and classic.
41 Modern Asian Architecture Designs
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Abandoned Future City
San Zhi, Taiwan
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Cube-Shaped Architecture
Taipei Performing Arts Center is a Building for Blockheads
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Multi-Billion Dollar Airport
Beijing's Luxury Terminal
38
World's Highest Bungee Jump
Macau Tower is 764 Ft Up
37
Rolls Royce Hotel
Hong Kong Hotel Provides Guests with Sweet Ride
36
Indoor City
50 Story Tent to Cover Kazakhstan's Capital
35
Modern Tokyo Compact Housing
Architecture by Yasuhiro Yamashita
34
Colossal Luxury Clubs
Hong Kong Rooftop Restaurant, Sevva, is Literally High Class
33
Giant Eco-Friendly LED Displays
Beijing Greenpix Zero Energy Wall
32
Movable Fashion Buildings
Rem Koolhaas Designs the Prada Transformer in Seoul
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Architecture Nestled in Nature
Tokyo's 'Dancing Trees, Singing Birds'
30
Floating Underground Villas
'Plot #35' of the Ordos Project Has Floating Extensions
29
Great Wheel of China
World's Tallest Ferris Wheel in Beijing
28
Bubbletecture
Beijing Architects MAD Create Innovative Home Additions
27
Hip Night Clubs in China
Beijing's ChinaDoll
26
Giant Courtyard Architecture
Zaha Hadid's Chaoyangmen Beijing SOHO III Project
25
International Eco-Cities
Singapore and China Team Up for Tianjin
24
Futuristic Looped Libraries
Bjarke Ingels Group Wins Competition to Design Astana National Library
23
Digital Cloud Skyscrapers
Design Act Captures the Spirit of Singapore for 2010 World Expo
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2000 ft Buildings
'Tokyo Sky Tree' is World's 2nd Tallest
21
Faux Galaxy Ceilings
Tokyo Tower Main Observatory Gets 10,000 ‘Star' Milky Way Illumin
20
Zen Stone Architecture
Rocking New Taipei Performing Arts Center Uses Slabstones
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Beijing National Aquatics Center
Water Cube
18
Boom Box Architecture
Kring-Gumho Culture Complex in Seoul Looks Like a Ghetto-Blaster
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Solar Soy Walls
The Swiss Pavilion for Shanghai 2010 is Made of Beans and Sun Cells
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Promotional Palaces
'Rock Baroque' Luxury in Singapore
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Gucci Ginza
Eight Floors of Luxury in Tokyo Tower
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World Largest Building Opens Early
Foster and Partners Beijing Airport
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Floating Pavilions
Water Surrounds the Shanghai Expo 2010 French Pavilion
12
Futuristic Lincoln Logs
The Interlace in Singapore Efficiently Stacks Residents
11
Papercraft-Inspired Buildings
Unexpected Polish Architecture for Shanghai Exhibition Hall
10
Oversize Opera House Pearls
The Tornado Tower Taipei Performing Arts Center Concept
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Transient Art Pavilion
Zaha Hadid's Chanel Design
8
Galacticized Boutiques
Paul Cox's Ice Age Meets Sci-Fi Tokyo Store Design
7
Art Wrapped Architecture
'Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation' on Side of Hong Kong Museum
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Bunny-Shaped Buildings
Macau Pavilion at World Expo Celebrates the Rabbit in Chinese Lore
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Mongolian Angletecture
US Firm Takes A New Slant On Home Design
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Mega Terminals
Beijing Terminal 3 is World's Largest Building
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Modern Shanghaichitecture
Megalithic '1933' Tower
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Public Aquatic Art
The Banpo Bridge Waterfall in Seoul
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Fiber Optic Pavilions
Thomas Heatherwick Creates Glowing Architecture for Shanghai Expo
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Venetian-Inspired Museum Designs
The Conceptual Floating Glass Museum is AI-Generated
Nest-Inspired Urban Houses
This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
Cat-Centric Compact Homes
This Japanese Dwelling Embraces Feline-Friendly Design Choices
Origami-Inspired Sleek Cabins
A.L.P.S. Designs the Infinity Mobile Architecture System
Precast Concrete Toronto Skyscrapers
Pei Architects Forms a Building for Tower Hill Development
Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Minimal Japanese Home Designs
FujiwaraMuro Architects Designs the House in Kyobate
Eco-Friendly Offices
Office@27 by Sanjay Puri Architects is Enhanced by Ancient Indian Principles
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Multi-Level Japanese Residences
Akio Isshiki Architects Designs the House in Hattori-Tenjin
Japanese-Inspired Renovated Homes
OWIU Designs the Mid-Century Modern Duane House in Los Angeles
Modern Office Buildings
Kinzo Designs Das Max for the Insurance Company Münchner Verein
Taiwanese Steel Metal Homes
Studio Tngtetshiu Designs the Double Roof House in Tainan
Auto-Brand Residential Towers
The New Porsche Design Tower Bangkok is Built in Asia
Kaleidoscopic Kindergarten Buildings
The Tianshui Kindergarten by SAKO Architects is Whimsical
Charred-Wood Tranquil Pavilions
Temp Designs the 3-to-1 Pavilion in a Rocky Shanghai Garden
Japanese Inn-Inspired Apartments
Intheory Design Creates an Apartment Inspired by Ryokan
Beautifully Sculptural Concrete Museums
Qatar Museums Unveils Official Images of the Lusail Museum
Rejuvenated Chinese Train Stations
MAD Architects Breathed New Life Into a Century-Old Station
Central Tokyo Penthouses
Bellustar Tokyo Offers Traditional Japanese Aesthetics and Modern Comfort
Dazzling Vortex Office Towers
The Tencent Helix
Pared-Back Coffee Interiors
Keiji Ashizawa Has Ccreted a Minimalist Blue Bottle Coffee Shop
Vibrant Multi-Level Office Designs
Gensler Reimagines the Accenture Office Space in Chicago
Modern Minimalism Apartments
Between the Walls Designs the Old&New Apartment in Kyiv
Silver Curtain Concrete Homes
Local Studio Bangkok Tokyo Architecture Designs the House K
Japanese Garden-Inspired Offices
Flooat Designs the Mitsui & Co Office Space in Tokyo
Concrete Meditation Spaces
Tadao Ando Builds a Meditation Space for a Museum in South Korea
Architecturally Inspired Chess Sets
Element Visual Studio Designs the Baku Chess Set
Japanese Island Holiday Villas
BIG Unveils a Look at the Finished Not a Hotel Setouchi
Regionally Inspired Retail Destinations
Japan & France Converge in the Kenzo Dubai Boutique Design
Ever-Changing Japanese Houses
CHOP+ARCHI Designs the Kumagaya House Nodding to Japanese Dynamics
Town-Like Classroom Designs
Atelier Apeiron Designs the Kindergarten of Museum Forest Building
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
Kilometer-Long Museums
Junya Ishigami Introduces the Zaishui Art Museum Along a Lake
Modern Porcelain-Clad Skyscrapers
Selldorf Architects Have Designed the One Domino Square Project
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Modern Office Environments
The MOL Campus Project Was Designed by Architecture Firm Kinzo
Traditional Store Interior Designs
Neri&Hu Designs the Interiors for Ms MIN in Shanghai
Modern-Updated Traditional Homes
KiKi ARCHi Designs the Skip House in the Middle of Beijing
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Farmland-Inspired Rural Hotel Cottages
Kooo Architects Designs the Ningshan LuZhai Cottage
Bamboo Luxe Pool Houses
Baldó Arquitectura Designs the Godai Pavilion with a Hanging Roof
Mass-Timber Office Buildings
Dream Completes the Olympic Games Office Design in Paris
Subterranean Courtyard Galleries
Buzz Designs the Hermit Space Yards in Beijing Park
Greenery-Packed Museum Buildings
This Science Museum is Designed Around a Central Park
Colorful Rooftop Unified Buildings
Urbanus' Nantou Hybrid Building is Comprised of Five Buildings
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Village-Inspired Tapered Stone Airport
Foster + Partners Designs a Set of Stone Buildings
Tile-Cladded Chinese Clay Museums
Kengo Kuma and Associates Designs the UCCA Clay Museum
Viewing Box Cultural Centers
The Center for Arts & Innovation Hosts Events and Education Spaces
Harmonious Traditional Home Designs
MAKHNO Studio Updates the Century-Old Kyoto House
Nature Blending Modern Homes
MODU Designed the Mini Tower One Residence in Brooklyn
Charming Angular Contemporary Homes
Studio KUNZ Presents the Trapezium House in Brazil
Geometric Prefabricated Pavilions
Heams & Michel Architectes Presents the 7 Kiosks Project
Futuristic Curved Islandic Homes
The Collective Studio Co., Ltd Designs the Nest Residence
Tea-Honoring Angular Libraries
Atelier Xi Designs the Interconnected Library and Tea Rooms
Multifunctional Vietnamese Homes
H-H Studio Designs the House for Young Families in Da Nang
Japanese-Inspired Elevated Pied-à-Terres
In Situ & Partners Turns to a Minimal Design Aesthetic
Cloister-Style Sculptural Galleries
Axel Vervoordt and Tatsuro Miki Design the Meridiano
Concrete Boxes-Overlapping Homes
FujiwaraMuro Architects Designs the House in Tsurumi-ku
Natural Japanese Art Galleries
Brazil's Yayoi Kusama Gallery Features a Nature-Inspired Design
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
Local Craft-Shown Bamboo Pavilions
AtArchitecture Designs the Northeast Pavilion for an Art Fair
Sustainable Tall Japanese Skyscrapers
Pelli Clarke & Partners Designs the Mori JP Tower
Rocky Garden-Nestled Serene Pavilions
Temp Designs the 3-to-1 Pavilion in a Rocky Garden
Cement Block-Decorated Homes
Bloom Architecture Designs the Small Houses Collection
Floating-Style Classroom Designs
Ennead Architects & Rockwell Group Completes the Bloomberg Center
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Retro Apartment Transformations
Space is around us Designs the Kyano Apartment in Greece
Whimsical Urban Hotel Extensions
Neri&Hu Complete the Artyzen New Bund 31 Hotel Design
Modern Gray-Brick Restaurants
Nin Hao Incorporates Chinese Elements into its Interior Design
Bridge-Defining Tranquil Cities
BIG Studio Showcases the Plans for Mindfulness City
Compact Calming Homes
Batay-Csorba Architects Masterfully Designed a Modern Brick Home in Toronto
Greenery-Filled Skyscraper Terrarium
ODA Presents a Look at the Terrarium Cheong-Dam Design
Modern Traditional Japanese Hotels
The Shinmonzen Hotel has a Juxtaposing Design Language
Modern Concrete Community Residences
AOA Architects Designs the Hoji Gangneung Dwellings
Futuristic Bridge Designs
Zaha Hadid Architects' Bridge in China is Futuristic & Stunning
Clustered Natural Campus Extensions
OMA Creates a Cluster of Structures for Hongik University
Sustainably Designed Mumbai Offices
Sanjay Puri Architects Designs the Office@27 Workspace
Beach-Overlooking Picturesque Homes
teamSTAR Designs the Villa A in Japan's Yokosuka-City
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Mass Studies Unveils the Visuals for the Archipelagic Void
Japanese Outdoor Teaching Spaces
Heatherwick Studio Designs Spaces at the British School
Textured Local Stone Residences
Point27 Architects Designed the Atrium House in Greece
Clover-Style Conference Center Designs
MAD Designs the ZGC International Innovation Center
Scientific Communal Museums
Stefano Boeri Architetti Designs the Museum of Technology in Xi'an
Light-Filled City Center Gardens
ROOM + Design & Build Designs the Secret Garden in Vietnam
Structural Concrete Arts Center
DUO Finishes the Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre
Traditional Pavilion Skincare Stores
Samuso Hyojadong Designs the New Aesop Store in Seoul
Hotel-Based Garden Terraced Columns
WOHA Designs the Pan Pacific Orchard with Garden Terraces
Poetic Habourfront Nature Centers
3XN Created the Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing
Subway-Lined Waved Panels
Ateneo Used 3D Tech to Form Sculptural Walls Around Wuyuanwan Station
Concrete Cultural Visitor Centers
UAD Completes the Villagers' Home Center in Zhejiang Province
Chinese Medicine Circular Museums
Muda Architects Completes the Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine
Red Concrete Exhibition Centers
Mix Architecture Designs the Red Box Exhibition Center
Modern Sichuan Restaurant Designs
Jialun Xiong Designs the New Sichuan Impression Location
Modern Deco Office Designs
Reflect Architecture Designs the NewGen Office with Contemporary Detail
Spine-Based Central Design Buildings
Foster + Partners Designs the Hangzhou Center
Lighthouse-Functioning Concrete Structures
Lin Architecture Creates the Concrete Pavilion in China
Rustic Warm Homey Residences
CPlus Architects Design Mother's House in Southwest Beijing
Adjustable Japanese Studio Apartments
IGArchitects Designs the Building Frame of the House
White Concrete Boxy Museums
Thomas Phifer Designs the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Stealthy Collaborative Phone Cases
CASETiFY and M+ Form the Special Exhibition Collection
Historic Academy Spatial Bookstores
TAO Designs the Weishan Chongzheng Academy Bookstore
Alleyway-Inspired Art Centers
Neri&Hu Completes the New Bund Performing Arts Centre
Mindful Study Spaces
Chaoffice Embraces Zen-Inspired Design Sensibilities in House Under the Boat
Glass-Lined Towering Libraries
Snøhetta Designs the Beijing City Library Located in China
Unconventional Chinese Housing Estates
Atelier GOM Designs the Longnan Garden Estate
Mirrored Panel Tropical Gardens
Research Artistic Design + Architecture Designs the Frame Garden
Simplistic Traditional Hotel Interiors
The Four Seasons Hotel Osaka has a Modern Ryokan
Clear Glazing Compact Residences
IGArchitects Designs the Check Patterned House in Japan
Brutalist Minimal Apartment Designs
Zalc Arquitetura Reimagines the JF Apartment in Brazil
Architectural Pottery Museums
1+1>2 Architects Designs the Bat Trang Pottery Museum
Dynamic Military Archive Buildings
Jahn Completes the Pritzker Military Archives Center Design
Modernist Ceramic Lighting Series
Dumais Made Introduces the New Modern Bohemia Collection
Perorated Brickwork Music Centers
Atelier Oï Designs the Gong Music Center in Cambodia
Optimal Energy Research Centers
Zara Hadid Architects Designs the Alisher Navoi Research Center
Feline-Focused Modern Homes
Tan Yamanouchi esign a Cat Tree House in the City of Kamakura
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Wooden Residential Parisian Buildings
Kengo Kuma & Associates Designed the Yama-Tani Building
Textile-Inspired Skyscraper Designs
Snøhetta Unveils the Airside Skyscraper at the Kai Tak Airport
Vacant Wood-Clad Offices
Kurosawa Kawara-ten Designs the Ichihara Life and Work Commission Office
Dual Level Concrete Galleries
Morphosis Designs the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas
Tropical Modernism Stage Designs
A Team of Designers Form a South Asian Stage at Glastonbury
Steel Structural Dynamic Workspaces
Skylab Architecture Builds a New Skylab Office in Oregon
Wooden Roof Japanese Museums
Shigeru Ban Designs the Toyota City Museum in Japan
Japanese Craftsmanship-Inspired Sculpture
UO Created the Nakajimaya Crossing Sculpture in a Hotel
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Minsuk Cho Designs the Archipelagic Void Shelter in London
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Art Center Sweeping Canopies
Kengo Kuma & Associates Extend the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
Glazed Pavilion Landscape Stations
Mur Mur Lab Designed the Dongdan Grassland Sea Ruins Station
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Glass Facade Premium Skyscrapers
Zaha Hadid Architects Near Completes the Henderson Office
Whimsical Flowing Woodland Villas
Thilina Liyanage Designs the 3 Bedroom Balinese Villa
Gridded Screen Apartment Blocks
Neri&Hu Design a Grid Facade Residential Building in Taiwan
Asymmetrical Sculptural Apartment Blocks
LOHA Designs the South E8 Housing Block in Raleigh
Distinctive Airlifted Structures
Arête Architects and Makers Fabrication Design the Karka Tower
Translucent Mesh-Wrapped Art Center
Wutopia Lab Designed the Flickering Peak in Hainan, China
Artfully Designed Train Stations
Design Studio MAD Creates its First Train Station in Beijing
Regional Modern Tropical Homes
Lijo Reny Architects Designs the Stoic Wall Residence
Zen-Inspired Tranquil Villas
TaP Design Inc Creates the Villa Tabebuia in Bangalore